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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ariadne.
History
United Kingdom
NameAriadne
NamesakeAriadne
Ordered28 November 1812
BuilderPater Dockyard
Laid downApril 1815
Launched10 February 1816
Completed21 March 1816
CommissionedApril 1823
ReclassifiedAs a coal hulk, 1836–37
FateSold for scrap, 12 July 1841
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Tons burthen509 25/94 bm
Length
  • 119 ft 11 in (36.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 99 ft 10 in (30.4 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
Depth8 ft 8 in (2.6 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement135
Armament
  • 18 × 32-pounder carronades
  • 2 × 9-pounder cannon

HMS Ariadne was a 20-gun Hermes-class sixth-rate post ship built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s.

Description

Ariadne had a length at the gundeck of 121 feet 7 inches (37.1 m) and 100 feet 6 inches (30.6 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 30 feet 11 inches (9.4 m), a draught of 10 feet (3.0 m) and a depth of hold of 8 feet 9 inches (2.7 m). The ship's tonnage was 511 42⁄94 tons burthen. Ariadne was armed with eighteen 32-pounder carronades on her gundeck and a pair of 9-pounder cannon as chase guns. The ship had a crew of 135 officers and ratings.[1]

Construction and career

Ariadne, the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[2] was ordered on 28 November 1812, laid down on April 1815 in Pater Dockyard, Wales, and launched, together with her sister ship, Valorous, on 10 February 1816[1] by John Campbell, Lord Cawdor.[3] She was completed on 21 March 1816 and placed in ordinary. Ariadne cost £11,936 to built and a further £3,579 to fit out. She was converted into a 26-gun post ship at Plymouth Dockyard in January–May 1820 and fitted for sea in March–August 1822.[4]

The ship's first commission began in April 1823 under the command of Captain Robert Moorsom.[4] He was relieved by Captain Isaac Chapman in December 1824 and Ariadne was assigned to the Cape of Good Hope Station. Chapman was court-martialed and dismissed from the service in June 1826 for having purchased a female slave and brought her aboard,[5] but he had been relieved by Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence earlier in February, by which time the ship was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet. She was decommissioned at its end in May 1828.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Winfield 2008, p. 114
  2. ^ Colledge, p. 20
  3. ^ Phillips, p. 55
  4. ^ a b c Winfield 2014, p. 751
  5. ^ Phillips, p. 56

References

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
  • Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1817-1863. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-47383-743-0. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
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